From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #48 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Tuesday, January 26 1999 Volume 02 : Number 048 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- hahaha Re: hahaha damn the man, save the empire! well, it's a hopepage >:) Re: well, it's a hopepage >:) oops ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:17:27 -0500 (EST) From: Ginger Nance Subject: hahaha How true and funny... Ginger Nance gnance@email.unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/~gnance The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists Every list seems to go through the same cycle: 1.Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush a lot about how wonderful it is to find kindred souls). 2.Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm recruitment strategies). 3.Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up). 4.Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are welcomed with generosity and patience; everyone -- newbie and expert alike -- feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and sharing opinions). 5.Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every reader; people start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if *other* people don't limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets annoyed). 6.Finally: 1.Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private email and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list). OR 2.Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks; many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly ever after). - --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@desk.nl and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@desk.nl ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:37:18 -0600 (CST) From: Anoop Ranganath Subject: Re: hahaha That was SO incredibly true. You need to send that over to Opium (the Jump, Little Children list) cause it definitely needs it. I need some new BFF badly. I have restrained from starting to trade bootlegs, just cause I don't have the time to do so, but it's becoming more and more tempting. Can anyone tell me what kind of scene is out there for that? I want to get way out of Alabama this summer. I've applied for a large, large number of internships in the silicon valley area, and if i got out to california this summer, I would be SO thrilled. Anoop ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 17:56:51 EST From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com Subject: damn the man, save the empire! bff fans are the nicest people. everyone has been really great about getting back to me about this where's summer b single and the domo cd even. everyone is so nice, except for the occasional trader who steals things, but that's besides the point. i finally ordered empire records from blockbuster. i've seen it 17 times so my mom finally made me buy it so i stop spending her money on rentals. i love that movie. i also watched 54. that was very good. i was surprised gods and monsters was nominated for so many awards last night. i had no idea it was that well liked amongst hollywood. (or the hollywood foreign press association i guess). i think American History X should've been nominated for some. that is now one of my favorite movies. i won tickets from the college radio station here to go see rushmore tomorrow night. hopefully it'll be good. shan "Our only concern is where the keg party is" ~ The Urge ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:05:53 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan W." Subject: well, it's a hopepage >:) good morn. i have finished (partiallY) my new homepage. however, i need people to link to. check it out, at http://www.geocities.com/battlefield/8540 , then mail me if you wanna link. sign the guestbook, whilst you're there :) Jordan _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 19:57:24 From: *esmerelda98 Subject: Re: well, it's a hopepage >:) Well, since Jordan is advertising his webpage, i want to do the same for mine! :) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Cabaret/1279/ It's pretty much a Tori Amos site, but if you wanna see it, go ahead! And the same goes for me, sign the guestbook! :) Lyn :) At 06:05 PM 1/25/99 -0800, Jordan W. wrote: >good morn. > >i have finished (partiallY) my new homepage. > >however, i need people to link to. > >check it out, at >http://www.geocities.com/battlefield/8540 , then mail >me if you wanna link. > >sign the guestbook, whilst you're there :) > >Jordan > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ~*:..HAZE all clouded up my mind... in the daze of the WHY..:*~ ~*:..it coulda never been... so you say and I say you know..:*~ ~*:..you're full of wish... and your baby baby baby BABIES..:*~ ~*:..maybe she's just pieces of me... you've never seen..:*~ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:38:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan W." Subject: oops http://www.geocities.com/timessquare/battlefield/8540 made a booboo. go check it out already :) Jordan _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #48 ********************************